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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S5W-12060

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported 14% increase in road deaths in Scotland.

Disappointingly, 2016 saw an increase in road fatalities . One death on Scotland’s roads is always one too many and, while Police Scotland figures illustrate a slight improvement for the first half of 2017, all partners remain committed to securing our challenging and ambitious casualty reduction targets.

I recently attended the Road Safety Strategic Partnership Board meeting, which brings together key road safety partners, and I am encouraged by the work being done. The average speed camera system on the A9 continues to demonstrate a radical improvement in driver behaviour and the new A90 average speed camera system will, I am sure, be just as successful. Road Safety Scotland maintains delivery of effective learning resources, and the Seatbelts on School Transport (Scotland) Bill continues its progress through the Scottish Parliament.

It is encouraging that, overall, casualties fell by 1% between 2015 and 2016 from 10,973 to 10,901, the lowest number since records began, and the clear longer term downward trends should be acknowledged. Through continued education, enforcement and engineering, we are well placed to progress in the right direction towards our Road Safety Framework to 2020 targets.

Question reference: S5W-11924

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it contacted seniors forums as part of its Consultation on Free Bus Travel for Older and Disabled People and Modern Apprentices and, if so, how many.

Scottish Government held extensive discussions with stakeholders in the lead up to the publication of the consultation on Free Bus Travel for Older and Disabled People and Modern Apprentices on 25 August this year.

Officials met various groups including Age Scotland, the Scottish Seniors Alliance, the Scottish Pensioners Forum and the Scottish Older People’s Assembly. In addition, officials met representatives from various branches of Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) to discuss the proposed consultation.

Question reference: S5W-11923

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there is no freepost option to respond to the Consultation on Free Bus Travel for Older and Disabled People and Modern Apprentices.

Question reference: S5W-11925

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what consultation events it has held as part of its Consultation on Free Bus Travel for Older and Disabled People and Modern Apprentices, and how many of these were (a) with seniors forums (b) held in areas of multiple deprivation.

The Scottish Government has undertaken a number of meetings with stakeholders as part of its consultation on Free Bus Travel for Older and Disabled People and Modern Apprentices.

These include a number of groups representing older people across Scotland, including Age Scotland, the Scottish Seniors Alliance, the Scottish Pensioners Forum and the Scottish Older Peoples Assembly. The locations of these meetings were chosen on the basis of convenience for those attending. Two of them took place in Government offices located in an area of social deprivation.

In addition discussions were held with representatives from various groups including Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI), the Association of Transport Co-ordinating Officers (ATCO), Bus Users Scotland (BUS), the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (CoSLA), Skills Development Scotland, Young Scot, ENABLE Scotland, the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland (MACS) and Regional Transport Partnerships.

Question reference: S5W-11922

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many hard copies of its Consultation on Free Bus Travel for Older and Disabled People and Modern Apprentices were issued, to whom and when.

Question reference: S5O-01365

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Sustrans report, Transport Poverty in Scotland.

Question reference: S5O-01272

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 20 September 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to the Paisley 2021 City of Culture bid.

I was in Paisley yesterday and made clear the Scottish Government is fully supportive of Paisley’s bid to become UK City of Culture 2021 and endorses the aims, ambitions and outcomes which the bid seeks to deliver.

It is an exciting prospect which fits in well with Scottish Government’s ambitions as we recognise the significant contribution Paisley makes to Scotland’s rich cultural life and the local and national boost this would bring.

Scottish Ministers have been consulted on the plans being submitted by Paisley to support the delivery of the bid and the Scottish Government is including its contribution within its spending review plans, as will National Agencies.

Question reference: S5W-11184

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how much the previous ScotRail franchise exercise cost, and what the cost will be of the next one.

Question reference: S5W-10903

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 September 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-09970 by Shona Robison on 10 August 2017, whether any other dates were agreed for the cabinet secretary to visit the hospital prior to visit on 6 July 2017 that were subsequently changed and, if so, when the initial dates for these were entered in her diary.

As is normal for such engagements, a number of dates were considered and subsequently discounted or agreed based on a combination of Ministerial availability and local operational activity. Contact was first made with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde on this engagement in late May and, as previously indicated, the final date was agreed on 29 June; the previously agreed date of 5 July was changed to the next day to accommodate my attendance at a funeral.

Question reference: S5W-09970

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 August 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-09712 by Shona Robison on 26 June 2017, on what date in July 2017 the cabinet secretary will visit the ward, and whether it will confirm the date that this was (a) agreed with the hospital and (b) entered in the cabinet secretary's diary.